Although based on Walter IsaacsonвЂ™s book, it fudges history a little in the name of compelling cinema. By matching SorkinвЂ™s words with BoyleвЂ™s style and FassbenderвЂ™s talent, Steve Jobs has hit the trifecta. The dialogue crackles with wit, anger, and passion. The supporting cast, which includes such heavyweights as Kate Winslet (almost unrecognizable), Seth Rogen (perhaps the best dramatic performance he has given), and Jeff Daniels (in a role not dissimilar to the one he played in The Martian), provides an element of balance but no one steals a single scene from Fassbender.ДЄs a psychological profile, Steve Jobs is probably shallow but the decision to focus on his personality rather than the events of his life make this a more interesting account than Jobs or the documentary Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine. His force of personality, enhanced by BoyleвЂ™s shot selection, holds the audience in awe for two hours. We never once doubt that he is Steve Jobs. But Fassbender is a magnetic, compelling presence.

In fact, Ashton Kutcher, who played the role in 2013вЂ™s lackluster Jobs, was more effective in capturing the characterвЂ™s look. Michael Fassbender, who is a lock for the Best Lead Actor nomination he should have gotten for Shame, doesnвЂ™t bear a strong physical resemblance to Jobs. Another is Lisa who, at age 19, has set aside some of her illusions about her father. One is his old buddy, Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen), who wants Jobs to acknowledge the efforts of the Apple 2 team - something he refuses to do. Before the presentation, he clashes with several people. For Apple, this is a turning point - the beginning of the companyвЂ™s ascendancy.

He has mellowed, to the extent that anyone with his personality could be said to вЂњmellow.вЂќ The event is the product launch of the iMac. By 1998, the time period for Act Three, Jobs is back at Apple and more at home in his own skin. No longer with the company he founded, Jobs is plotting revenge against those who ousted him, especially Apple CEO John Scully (Jeff Daniels). His relationship with his daughter comprises the movieвЂ™s emotional core as things change and evolve over the next 14 years.ДЄct Two occurs before another product launch: 1988вЂ™s NeXT Cube. Jobs refuses to acknowledge paternity but nevertheless forms a fragile bond with Lisa. She wants him to know that his offspring is now living on welfare because his child support payments are insufficient. Chrisann has brought JobsвЂ™ daughter, Lisa, with her. As the curtain prepares to go up, control-freak Jobs is stalking his underlings behind the scenes, browbeating Andy Herzfeld (Michael Stuhlberg) to get the demo computer talking, driving his assistant Joanna Hoffman (Kate Winslet) nuts with his complaints and demands, and berating his ex-lover, Chrisann Brennan (Katherine Waterston). He mellows with age but not so much that he is willing to concede anything to anyone.ДЄct One takes us to 1984 where Jobs is unveiling the Macintosh in front of an adoring audience. He believes in his own infallibility, accepting it as a defining precept. Jobs is undeniably brilliant with an arrogance to match his intelligence. ItвЂ™s not unlike last yearвЂ™s Birdman, although the approach isnвЂ™t as fanciful or extreme.ДЄt the center of the chaos is Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender), the iconic co-creator of Apple whose wardrobe of a black mock turtleneck, blue jeans, and New Balance sneakers became his uniform. With the restlessly moving camera preferring long, swooping takes to short, static ones, thereвЂ™s a sense of movement and energy that belies the limits of the locales. By always putting the characters under the pressure of a ticking clock, Boyle creates a constant sense of urgency. Steve Jobs is structured as a three-act play and, like a stagebound production, it features few sets and relies heavily on acting, pacing, and dialogue.

Their goal is to illustrate the tyranny of genius and how a вЂњgreat mindвЂќ doesnвЂ™t always mean a вЂњgreat person.вЂќ They have something more ambitious in mind. But screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle arenвЂ™t interested in offering another re-enactment of the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction story. Oh, the movie uses JobsвЂ™ life as the basis of its story and cherry-picks facts and reminiscences to form the skeleton. When considering Steve Jobs, the first thing to recognize is that this isnвЂ™t a bio-pic.

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